Chapter 111

Chapter 111

Nelson

I left to see my son and take care of him as Xena had instructed and my heart stopped beating the moment I left her presence.

Back home, they were all scared to approach me. I was like a walking volcano. Only Mack was able to approach me and I made him the Beta for his courage. I handed my son over to him and told him that his name is Khan and that will be the name of every other Alpha after him. I left the care of my people on Mack and him to make everyone take the blood of the Khan once he is old enough. I found out that taking his blood will be different from taking my blood and I don't care if it turns them into blood-sucking monsters.

After passing my verdict, I left them to spend the remainder of the day with Xena. I only came out once when Khan was old enough for me to tell about his mother and his true name. He was barely above sixteen years but his heart was still dead like the day he was born. He has given his blood to the people around him and they got strong and I am sure it must have made him the strongest. I monitored him for a week before approaching him and I noticed his approach to everything is logical because has no emotion.

"So, you are my and my true name is Phoenix?" He asked and I nodded.

I told him how his mother died but left the part of having a demon in our blood.

"When will my heart start beating?" He asked.

"The moment you meet your mate. Just remember that you are the first of many and your generations will be the same. This is the price we pay for being the strongest."

"That is not bad, all I need is the strength to protect my people." He replied and I nodded.

"So, what about you, where will you be going?"

"To be with your mother." It was nothing sad to someone with no emotion."

"Just keep the South safe and make sure the ones after you do the same.

"Sure, I will make it out creed. And every one after me will be called Khan and only reveal their real name to their mate." He said but that didn't really matter to me, so I left after a single wave.

I felt so tired of everything so I lay beside Xena and shut my eyes. I have been able to spend my life in a dreamlike state where I am always in a green field with Xena. It was a long time before I opened my eyes and ventured out to see how the world had changed. Truly it has changed and Khan has gotten a make.

The heretics have now become the enemy of all wolves as they are constantly attacking the South and with their monstrous experiment, the humans happen to be the prey and are forever in hiding. I didn't feel the need to involve myself as Khan was handling everything very well.

I went back to my slumber only to wake up decades later and noticed that I had stopped aging and everything seemed like dust to me. It is only the beautiful face of Xena that is frozen beside me that still stirs to me. Titus's words kept ringing in my head and it found a way to stir up emotions from my dead heart. I left in anger towards the East to sort of Ezinna for a final showdown, maybe he will be able to end my miserable life.

He was surrounded by hundreds of heretics monstrosities when I saw him far from his home. He was surprised to see I haven't aged a bit. We are wolves so we age slowly but not immortal but I haven't aged one bit so he knew instantly that I am no longer the Nelson he used to know.

"Why are you far from home?" I asked.

"I have left the Pack for my son, I just want to prove that I am still what I used to be." I can feel he has become more than he was and if it wasn't for his age, he would grow stronger. I helped him and we killed all the beast and I turned over to him.

"You once requested a match years ago, allow me to do the same." He laughed and his white beards made him appear wiser and more reliable.

"Don't disgrace me by holding back?" I nodded and started to transform. Unlike before, our transformation is shifting of bones. But now, a shadow from the earth engulfed me and I changed into the biggest wolf ever.

"I never expected that." He said in surprise.

He transformed too and his wolf was bigger than the last time I saw him. We fought and both of us did our best but it didn't take long for me to rip out his throat. He went back into his human form and died in my arms. I laid him in the middle of the heretics beast and left. I stood far away waiting for his people to come and the snow had covered my tracks before they came.

"I will kill them all." Someone I guessed to be his son roared in anger.

It was my intention to place the blame on the heretics but as it has progressed like this, I thought of how fun it would be to manipulate everything for my own entertainment. Titus would be surprised when next he comes and we will both end the fun. I scoffed at the thought of all my friends meeting their end at my hands, I was even the cause of Xena's death. I vowed to create a world of chaos and become the embodiment of catastrophe. I will not make it easy for the said one that will end it.

True to my word, I created my own bloody world. Peace was not in sight of it and I even fed my blood to some wolves and they became known as the drifters. I was at the center of the calamity with nobody knowing. I will often come to fight each Khan and Adoff to check if anyone will be able to give entertainment as Ezinna gave me. Neither of them was able to do such and none of them told anyone about their defeat since they were supposed to be the strongest.

Slowly history was lost and no one alive remembered their roots or the species in this world. Everything was going according to plan until the current Khan. The one who bears my son's name and looks like me and his mate has the same face as my mate and she also radiates the same beauty just as Xena does.

BACK TO THE PRESENT

I scoffed at my memory and I looked at the frozen body of Xena behind me. She is still looking as beautiful as the day I first met her. I touched the place the present Khan kicked and it still hurts.

"It is like my time will soon be up, maybe I will not be able to wait for Titus and I will not be able to stay with you much longer, Xena my love." I chuckled.

I closed my eyes to regain my strength because soon, I will be fighting for my life and I will be damned if I just hand it over without a fight.

Dianna Pov.

It has been three months since Phoenix left us. I have gotten better at my spell and magic. They have started using the word magic and it was invented by Frank. He still has an interest in teaching Rieka. I promise to let him do so once she is old enough. Every night has been so lonely for me and the only comforting thought I have is the feeling of Khan getting stronger.

"Can you feel it?" Fenris asked, he does visit once in a while to check up on us and tell me everything going on in the Nation. His son as well as Farkas's son is growing strongly and we hoped they will one day be the pillar of the new Nation.

"Can you feel the strength from Khan?" He asked. Fenris is the one closest to him and I am sure just like me, he would be the one to feel it most.

"Yes, he is true to his words." I replied and he chuckled.

"I can't wait, we are about to engage in our most epic battle. Even with the damages it will bring, I can't stop myself from getting excited." He said almost baring his fangs showing how eager he is about the coming war.

"Be careful what you wish for." He shook his head and said his goodby.

I made a mental note to visit him at his post by nightfall. Fenris was surprised to see me when the moon was high in the sky. He came to me as I was approaching.

"My Queen."

He said and I acknowledged him with a smile but didn't stop so he kept walking with me. In silence, we went outside the city walls and I can't remember the last time I have been here. Snow covered the plains and shops can be seen on both sides. Fenris noticed my dilemma and decided to answer.

"They are used for trading." He said and I nodded.

I was still looking around when I felt the chill up my spine. We are wolves so cold means nothing to us. I am covering my shoulder with a scarf just for the sake of covering my bare shoulder not because of the cold. So feeling a chill right now is something unnatural.

"Khan?"

Fenris called and a figure emerged from the shadow. He looked to be the same build as Khan and he also walks like him. His ambience felt the same but I couldn't get myself to run towards him and embrace him.

"Are we that alike?" He said and his voice was the same with Khan.

When he got closer, we now noticed he wasn't Khan as there were few differences. His nose is bigger and his eyes are dark brown. It is night but our vision made it possible for me to also see that his hair wasn't as dark as my Khan.

"I guess it is not surprising since I am the progenitor." He scoffed and looked at Fenris who looked ready to pounce on him at any time.